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Control: |
Game is controlled by the same keys that are used to playing under MS DOS. For fullscreen press 'Right Alt' + 'Enter'. |
Help: |
This game is emulated by javascript emulator em-dosbox. If you prefer to use a java applet emulator, follow this link. |
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Other platforms:
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Unfortunately, this game is currently available only in this version. Be patient :-)
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Game info: |
box cover
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Game title: |
The Oregon Trail |
Platform: |
MS-DOS |
Author (released): |
MECC (1990) |
Genre: |
Adventure, Simulator |
Mode: |
Single-player |
Design: |
R. Philip Bouchard, Greg S. Johnson, Charolyn Kapplinger, ... |
Music: |
Lon Koenig, Larry Phenow |
Game manual: |
not available
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Download: |
OregonTrail.zip
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Game size: |
359 kB |
Recommended emulator: |
DOSBox |
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
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The Oregon Trail is a computer game originally developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) in 1974. The original game was designed to teach school children about the realities of 19th century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail. The player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding his or her party of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley on the Oregon Trail via a covered wagon in 1848. The game has been released in many editions by various developers and publishers who have acquired rights to it, as well as inspiring a number of spinoffs and parodies.
More details about this game can be found on
Wikipedia.org.
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For fans and collectors:
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Find this game on video server
YouTube.com
or
Vimeo.com.
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Buy original version of this game on
Amazon.com
or
eBay.com.
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Find digital download of this game on
GOG
or
Steam.
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Platform: |
This version of The Oregon Trail was designed for personal computers with operating system MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System),
which was operating system developed by Microsoft in 1981. It was the most widely-used operating system in the first half of the 1990s. MS-DOS was supplied
with most of the IBM computers that purchased a license from Microsoft. After 1995, it was pushed out by a graphically more advanced system - Windows and
its development was ceased in 2000. At the
time of its greatest fame, several thousand games designed specifically for computers with this system were created. Today, its development is no longer continue
and for emulation the free DOSBox emulator is most often used. More information about MS-DOS operating system can be found
here. |
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Available online emulators: |
5 different online emulators are available for The Oregon Trail. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For
maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic
features of each emulator available for this game The Oregon Trail are summarized in the following table:
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Emulator
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Technology
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Multiplayer
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Fullscreen
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Touchscreen
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Speed
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Archive.org
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JavaScript
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YES
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NO
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NO
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fast
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js-dos
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JavaScript
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YES
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YES
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NO
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fast
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js-dos 6.22
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JavaScript
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YES
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YES
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NO
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fast
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jsDosBox
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JavaScript
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YES
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NO
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NO
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slow
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jDosBox
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Java applet
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YES
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YES
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NO
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fast
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